Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh, authors of The Messianic
Legacy, spent over 10 years on their own kind of quest for the Holy Grail, into
the secretive history of early France. What they found, researched with the
tenacity and attention to detail that befits any great quest, is a tangled and
intricate story of politics and faith that reads like a mystery novel. It is the
story of the Knights Templar, and a behind-the-scenes society called the Prieure
de Sion, and its involvement in reinstating descendants of the Merovingian
bloodline into political power. Why? The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail
assert that their explorations into early history ultimately reveal that Jesus
may not have died on the cross, but lived to marry and father children whose
bloodline continues today. The authors' point here is not to compromise or to
demean Jesus, but to offer another, more complete perspective of Jesus as God's
incarnation in man. The power of this secret, which has been carefully guarded
for hundreds of years, has sparked much controversy. For all the sensationalism
and hoopla surrounding Holy Blood, Holy Grail and the alternate history that it
outlines, the authors are careful to keep their perspective and sense of
skepticism alive in its pages, explaining carefully and clearly how they came to
draw such combustible conclusions. --Jodie Buller

Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete?
Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?
Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?
Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal
one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?
Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of
the Holy Grail?

According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously
researched book, not only are these things possible ? they are probably true! so
revolutionary, so original, so convincing, that the most faithful Christians
will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversy.

"Enough to seriously challenge many traditional Christian beliefs, if not alter
them." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Like Chariots of the Gods?...the plot has all the elements of an international
thriller." -- Newsweek

About The Author

Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948 and obtained a degree in
psychology from Canterbury University. At one point he gave up a successful
career in photojournalism to devote his time to researching the Templars for a
film project. Since 1976 he has lived in England.

Richard Leigh is a novelist and short-story writer with postgraduate degrees in
comparative literature and a thorough knowledge of history, philosophy,
psychology, and esoterica. He has been working for some years as a university
lecturer in the United States, Canada, and Britain.

Henry Lincoln is an author and filmmaker and has written for television.